Passage 1 Passage 2
It is said we ought to have abolished it. When
Congress came together they passed so
many reformatory laws that it was thought
seriously they should abolish this; but they
said we are charged with coming together for
revolutionary purposes and to destroy the
local municipal power of the States, and we
must not do anything in our national
legislation that shall countenance the
doctrine that we are revolutionizing State
sovereignty.
[A gentleman asked how the great religious
associations regarded the Anti-Slavery
question]
There are two parties-one is very small and
able, called Abolitionists; the other comprises
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author's account of his speech?
They specify what Beocher hopes to accomplish
with his speech.
They Illustrate why Beecher feels his speech will be
successful.
They bring the reader closer to the exact time and
place of the speech.
They state what Beecher thinks are the hurdles to
giving his speech.